Changes: Silicon-based lifeform

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Phlox shows Archer the virus — Silicon-based life on a molecular level

A silicon-based lifeform is a corporeal lifeform that uses silicon as the basis of its structure and life functions rather than carbon. Silicon-based lifeforms generally do not evolve on M class planets. (ENT: "Observer Effect")

In 2151, Captain Jonathan Archer of Enterprise NX-01 tried to convince Commander Charles Tucker III that Starfleet had sent them to a planet to meet with a silicon-based lifeform, when Tucker was hallucinating "people coming out of the rock face." (ENT: "Strange New World")

Silicon-based life was thought to be physiologically impossible before the discovery of the Horta of Janus VI in 2267. It is not possible for silicon life to evolve in an oxygen atmosphere. (TOS: "The Devil in the Dark")

In 2269, the USS Enterprise encountered Yarnek, a representative of the Excalbians, a shapeshifting silicon-based species native to the planet Excalbia, described as being "almost mineral" and "like living rock with heavy fore-claws." (TOS: "The Savage Curtain")

In 2336, the Omicron Theta colony was destroyed by the Crystalline Entity. (TNG: "Datalore", "Silicon Avatar")

File:Crystalline entity.jpg

The Crystalline Entity

In 2364, the USS Enterprise-D discovered the microbrain, an inorganic lifeform found during terraforming of the planet Velara III.

In 2374, a Hirogen hunter boasted to Tom Paris about tracking a silicon-based lifeform through the neutronium mantle of a collapsed star. (VOY: "Prey")

Martian insects were in the Spaceflight Chronology described as being silicon-based lifeforms.

Silicon-based lifeforms

Crystalline Entity (TNG: "Datalore", "Silicon Avatar")
Excalbians of Excalbia (TOS: "The Savage Curtain")
Horta of Janus VI (TOS: "The Devil in the Dark")
Microbrain of Velara III (TNG: "Home Soil")
Silicon-based parasite (VOY: "The Disease")
Silicon-based virus (ENT: "Observer Effect")

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 [[File:Horta.jpg|thumb|[[Horta]], a silicon-based lifeform]]
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-A '''silicon-based lifeform''' is a [[corporeal]] [[lifeform]] that uses [[silicon]] as the basis of its structure and life functions rather than [[carbon]].
+A '''silicon-based lifeform''' is a [[corporeal]] [[lifeform]] that uses [[silicon]] as the basis of its structure and life functions rather than [[carbon]]. Silicon-based lifeforms generally do not evolve on [[M class]] planets. ({{ENT|Observer Effect}})
-Silicon-based life was thought to be physiologically impossible before the discovery of the [[Horta]] of [[Janus VI]]. It is not possible for silicon life to evolve in an [[oxygen]] [[atmosphere]]. ({{TOS|The Devil in the Dark}})
 In [[2151]], [[Captain]] [[Jonathan Archer]] of {{EnterpriseNX}} tried to convince [[Commander]] [[Charles Tucker III]] that [[Starfleet]] had sent them to [[Archer IV|a planet]] to meet with a silicon-based lifeform, when Tucker was hallucinating "people coming out of the rock face." ({{ENT|Strange New World}})
+Silicon-based life was thought to be physiologically impossible before the discovery of the [[Horta]] of [[Janus VI]] in [[2267]]. It is not possible for silicon life to evolve in an [[oxygen]] [[atmosphere]]. ({{TOS|The Devil in the Dark}})
+In [[2269]], the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} encountered [[Yarnek]], a representative of the [[Excalbian]]s, a [[shapeshifter|shapeshifting]] silicon-based species [[homeworld|native]] to the [[planet]] [[Excalbia]], described as being "almost [[mineral]]" and "like living [[rock]] with heavy fore-claws." ({{TOS|The Savage Curtain}})
+[[File:Yarnek.jpg|thumb|right|Yarnek, an Excalbiun]]
+In [[2336]], the [[Omicron Theta colony]] was destroyed by the [[Crystalline Entity]]. ({{TNG|Datalore|Silicon Avatar}})
+[[File:Crystalline entity.jpg|right|thumb|The Crystalline Entity]]
+In [[2364]], the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} discovered the [[microbrain]], an [[inorganic]] [[lifeform]] found during [[terraforming]] of the [[planet]] [[Velara III]].
+[[File:Microbrain.jpg|right|thumb|The microbrain in sickbay]]
 In [[2374]], a [[Hirogen]] hunter boasted to [[Tom Paris]] about tracking a silicon-based lifeform through the [[neutronium]] mantle of a collapsed [[star]]. ({{VOY|Prey}})
-{{bginfo|Fossils of [[Martian insect]]s were displayed on [[library computer|computer screens]] during the [[TNG Season 1|first season]] of [[TNG]]. The images were taken from the ''[[Spaceflight Chronology]]'', and described in the book as being silicon-based lifeforms.}}
+{{bginfo|[[Martian insect]]s were in the ''[[Spaceflight Chronology]]'' described as being silicon-based lifeforms.}}
 ==Silicon-based lifeforms==
 * [[Crystalline Entity]] ({{TNG|Datalore|Silicon Avatar}})
-* [[Excalbian]] of [[Excalbia]] ({{TOS|The Savage Curtain}})
+* [[Excalbian]]s of [[Excalbia]] ({{TOS|The Savage Curtain}})
 * [[Horta]] of [[Janus VI]] ({{TOS|The Devil in the Dark}})
 * [[Microbrain]] of [[Velara III]] ({{TNG|Home Soil}})